Thoughts on this humid Wednesday....

My anniversary is coming up in less then a week. My hubby and I had planned to go to Epcot for the day and taste all the yummy food from around the world! Well unfortunately we wont be able to go :( We had to cancel this day cation for two reasons. One we were going to go on our actual Anniversary which is June 7th but I am unable to get the time off from work because I am covering for 3 people and one of my bosses is on vacation which means my other boss and the 3 people I am covering for need me here, and the second reason is we just can't afford it now that we are moving at the end of the month or the beginning of July. We have out grown the house we are renting now. We have two boys and we live in a two bedroom one bath! Lets just say mama needs her own bathroom! The boys each need their own rooms and hubby and I need our own room. We share now with our 16 month old! And it is really tight at times! We have half our furniture in a room under the house because there is no room for it upstairs in our house. We love the house it has this charm about it but we just can no longer stay there. We hope the owners (whom we are friends with) will find someone else to rent it out quickly or will be able to sell it quickly!

So today I put my Iris up for sale. It is hard for me to let go of the wraps I have I love them so much but it is time to move on and give them a new home. The one I am not selling I am sending to my SIL & BIL for their baby whom is still in the oven. I am giving them one as a baby shower gift. They choose the green tea wrap! I absolutely love that wrap and I know they will too! So back to my Iris, that was sold to me by my SIL back in Feb/March  time but I had it before that on loan to be back in Dec. I put it up for sale today on Diaperswappers and since then I have had 21 views but only one comment. The comment was telling me that it is gorgeous! So hopefully it will sell quickly and painlessly! And hey it will be money I didn't have once it sells! So that is always a plus anything that can go towards our moving/deposit fund will be great!

I have been inspired lately to change my life and try to make it one that my kids will be proud of. So I have decided to try the whole college thing. (That is if I can get aid of some kind or a grant) So hopefully all that will work out. Also I am trying to cook more healthy foods, stuff I make from scratch. I want my family to not only enjoy the food they eat but for it to be good for them as well. So that has gone pretty good lately. I am also trying to be more organized and hands on with certain things. I am trying to get back into tidy mode and clean certain things at certain times. Hopefully I will get into a very nice routine and feel more accomplished at the end of the day!

Green Tea

So we finally received our Green tea wrap in the mail! It is beautiful! We both love it very much! It is super floppy and extremely soft! So here is a picture of a cute baby and the wrap!

See how much he loves it :)

Now an update on the evil squirrel! He has not been around since yesterdays happenings, so we are hoping he got what he wanted and will not return! I got some feedback on the thread I posted on IDigMyGarden.com

Here is what I posted:

So we have a squirrel problem! Has anyone else experienced this problem before? My husband went out to check on our garden today and found that the "evil squirrel" (as I call him) had dug up one of our container's and had eaten the seeds. He was about to star on our cucumber sprouts when he was caught in the act and scared away! How can I stop the squirrel from eating all the fruits of our labor, without causing harm to the evil squirrel??

Here is what some people suggested:

When I use planters, I lay down a chicken wire screen -- not always the prettiest solution, but if I mulch on top of the screen generally it turns out okay.Agreed on how destructive and devious squirrels are. Often the little maniacs seem to uproot stuff just for fun, and they always seem to know what's the most important to you...

You can cut the tops off 2 liter bottles (or smaller 20oz ones if you prefer!) and push those (and the bottoms) over the areas you plant. Don't remove the bottles until you have a little plant? Might work for the seed digging part at least!

I know what you mean. The squirrels have taken over the bird feeders and are now digging up snap pea seeds. Hubby is going to put out a Have A Hart trap and relocate a few of them to a nearby park. He has his tomato cages over some of the raised beds.

The last guy suggested that I kill them but personally I am not one for killing animals even if they are evil!

Also my SIL Holly suggested this:

Wow... I've never had a squirrel actually eat my plants. They just squish them on their way to bury nuts next to them. I've had success with old dish drying racks- I put them on top of the pot until the plant is big enough to hold its own.

So there you have it folks! If you ever have an "evil squirrel" infestation then you can try/do all of the following and it should help :)